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ADJ-GRADED
合理的;公平的;公正的
Something or someone that is fair is reasonable, right, and just.
例句
It didn't seem fair to leave out her father...
将她父亲排除在外似乎不公平。
Do you feel they're paying their fair share?...
你觉得他们付了该付的那份钱吗？
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ADJ
(数量、程度、尺寸或距离)相当多(或大、长)的
A fair amount, degree, size, or distance is quite a large amount, degree, size, or distance.
例句
My neighbours across the street travel a fair amount...
我街对面的邻居游历甚广。
My mother's brother lives a fair distance away so we don't see him and his family very often.
我舅舅住在相当远的地方，所以我们很少见到他和他的家人。
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ADJ
(猜测、想法)正确的，合理的
A fair guess or idea about something is one that is likely to be correct.
例句
It's a fair guess to say that the damage will be extensive...
说损失会很严重想必猜得不错。
I have a fair idea of how difficult things can be.
我大致了解情况会有多困难。
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ADJ
(水平、质量)一般的，尚可的，不错的
If you describe someone or something as fair, you mean that they are average in standard or quality, neither very good nor very bad.
例句
Reimar had a fair command of English.
赖马尔的英语说得还不错。
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ADJ-GRADED
(头发)浅色的，淡色的
Someone who is fair, or who has fair hair, has light-coloured hair.
例句
Both children were very like Robina, but were much fairer than she was.
两个孩子都很像罗比娜，但头发颜色比她浅得多。
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ADJ-GRADED
(皮肤)白皙的
Fair skin is very pale and usually burns easily.
例句
It's important to protect my fair skin from the sun.
保护我白皙的皮肤不受日晒是很紧要的。
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ADJ-GRADED
(天气)晴朗的，晴好的
When the weather is fair, it is quite sunny and not raining.
例句
Weather conditions were fair.
天气晴好。
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N-COUNT
集市;市场
A county, state, or country fair is an event where there are, for example, displays of goods and animals, and amusements, games, and competitions.
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N-COUNT
同 funfair
A fair is the same as a funfair .
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N-COUNT
(尤指某类商品的)展销会,交易会
A fair is an event at which people display and sell goods, especially goods of a particular type.
例句
...an antiques fair.
古玩交易会
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PHRASE
说句公道话;平心而论
You use fair in expressions such as to be fair and let's be fair when you want to add a favourable comment about someone or something that you have just mentioned and to correct a false impression that you might have given.
例句
To be fair, the team is young and not yet settled...
说句公道话，这个队还年轻，还没有成型。
And, let us be fair, some MPs do work hard.
而且，说句公道话，有些下院议员工作还是很卖力的。
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PHRASE
(说法、决定或行为)有些道理，说得过去
You use fair enough when you want to say that a statement, decision, or action seems reasonable to a certain extent, but that perhaps there is more to be said or done.
例句
If you don't like it, fair enough, but that's hardly a justification to attack the whole thing...
如果你不喜欢，这说得过去，但把它批得一无是处就没什么道理了。
Fair enough, you didn't have a perfectly happy childhood: but your childhood is over now.
没错，你的童年生活不那么幸福：但它已经过去了。
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CONVENTION
有道理;说得对;敢情好
You say fair enough to acknowledge what someone has just said and to indicate that you understand it.
例句
'I'm taking it to our local police station.' — 'Oh right, fair enough.'...
“我要告到本地警察局。”——“呵，对，干得有理。”
'The message was addressed to me and I don't see why I should show it to you.' — 'Fair enough.'
“这条信息是写给我的，我不明白为什么要给你看。”——“说得在理。”
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PHRASE
做事光明正大;行事正直
If you say that someone plays fair, you mean that they behave or act in a reasonable and honest way.
例句
The government is not playing fair, one union official told me.
政府在搞鬼，一位工会官员告诉我。
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PHRASE
可以说;应该说
You use fair in expressions such as It would be fair to say in order to introduce a statement which you believe to be true and reasonable.
例句
It would be fair to say he had one or two unhappy moments out there...
可以这么说，他在那里有过一两次不愉快。
I think it's fair to say that it didn't sound quite right.
我想应该说那听起来可不太对。
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PHRASE
光明正大地;诚实地
If you say that someone won a competition fair and square, you mean that they won honestly and without cheating.
例句
There are no excuses. We were beaten fair and square.
没话说，我们是给正大光明地打败的。
Noun
1. a traveling show; having sideshows and rides and games of skill etc.
2. gathering of producers to promote business;
"world fair""trade fair""book fair"3. a competitive exhibition of farm products;
"she won a blue ribbon for her baking at the county fair"4. a sale of miscellany; often for charity;
"the church bazaar"Verb
1. join so that the external surfaces blend smoothly
Adjective
1. free from favoritism or self-interest or bias or deception; or conforming with established standards or rules;
"a fair referee""fair deal""on a fair footing""a fair fight""by fair means or foul"2. showing lack of favoritism;
"the cold neutrality of an impartial judge"3. more than adequate in quality;
"fair work"4. not excessive or extreme;
"a fairish income""reasonable prices"5. visually appealing;
"our fair city"6. very pleasing to the eye;
"my bonny lass""there's a bonny bay beyond""a comely face""young fair maidens"7. (of a baseball) hit between the foul lines;
"he hit a fair ball over the third base bag"8. of no exceptional quality or ability;
"a novel of average merit""only a fair performance of the sonata""in fair health""the caliber of the students has gone from mediocre to above average""the performance was middling at best"9. attractively feminine;
"the fair sex"10. (of a manuscript) having few alterations or corrections;
"fair copy""a clean manuscript"11. free of clouds or rain;
"today will be fair and warm"12. (used of hair or skin) pale or light-colored;
"a fair complexion";Adverb
1. in conformity with the rules or laws and without fraud or cheating;
"they played fairly"2. in a fair evenhanded manner;
"deal fairly with one another"